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Re: You look better, did you lose weight?

Originally Posted by Ferdie11

Hi,

Could you please tell me whether the sentence below is correct or not?

You look better, did you lose weight?

Many thanks.

Grammatically, there's nothing wrong with it but it might well be considered somewhat insulting!!! It suggests that the speaker thought the other person had been overweight, an opinion that might not be well received.

I would also like to point out that I wouldn't use "better", I would say "You look great" or something similar. If you say "better", you're clearly comparing it to some previous (unstated) time.

If I say to someone "You look better", it's normally because they've recently been ill (sick) and hadn't looked healthy the last time I saw them. If they've recovered by the time I next see them, then I would say "You look [much] better".